Lubricator



f (No Model.)

P. S.'LIVINGSTON.

LUBRIATOR.

No. 486,676. Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

FERRIS S. LIVINGSTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LUBRICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,676, dated November22, 1892.

,pplicatiou filed May 24:, 1892. Serial No. 434,156. (No model.)

.To all whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERRIS S. LIVINGSTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingin the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lubricators,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

Myinvention consists of a lubricator formed of a frame, a supply-pipeconnected therewith, a horizontally-distributing pipe communicating withsaid supply-pipe and mounted so as when rotated to have itsends'projecting from said frame, cocks in said distributing-pipe, andoil-cups with outlets in said frame.

It further consists of the combination of parts herein set forth.

Figure l represents a perspective view of a lubricator embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3represents a side elevation of another form of wiper.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a frame which is adapted to besecured in position above the place where oil or lubricant is to beapplied.

B designates asupply-pipe at the top of the frame A, and C designates adistributing-pipe which communicates with said pipe B and is supportedso as to be capable of rotation within the frame A.

Depending from and connected with the pipe C is a series of cocks D, andbelow the same is a corresponding number of cups E, which are secured tothe bottom of the frame A and provided with agitators F and wipers G,the latter projecting below the discharge ends of said cups, so as to beengaged by the wiper-cup H, which latter is attached to a connecting-rodor other movable object, whereby Y as the wipers are in the path of themotion of the upper end of the wiper-cup the latter is brought intocontact with the former at intervals. Consequently a quantity of oil istaken from said wiper by the cup H and directed by the latter to theplace of service. It will be seen that as the pipe C is supplied withoil through the pipe B it is directed to the different cocks D andcaused to drop or fallinto the cups E, the amount being properlyregulated by said cocks, whereby said cups are uniformly supplied withoil in a reliable and economical manner, avoiding the supply of oil tothe cups in large quantities, which occasion waste, while the continuedsupply to the cup H is sufficient forallpurposes. Should the pipe C orthe side cocks require cleansing or repairs, said pipe is rotated,whereby the end caps of the same and said cocks are outside of the frameA, and thus accessible, as illustrated bythe dotted lines, Fig. 1, afterwhich said pipe may be restored to its normal position, the cocks beingagain over the side cups F. In the drawings thepipes C are shown asconnected with the supply-pipe B by a joint, so as to be adapted tohorizontally rotate on the lower end of the same; but other means ofconnecting said supply and distributing pipes to produce the sameresults may be used.

As the central cock D is in line with the supply-pipe B, it may bereadily cleansed from above or below, as desired.

In Fig. 3 the wipers are made of tufts or bunches of fibrous material,while those shown in the other figures are leather, the result, however,being the same in each case. Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A lubricator having a frame with an oilsupply pipe connectedtherewith, distributing-pipes mounted on the lower end of said supply-pi pe and rotatable horizontally therein and having cocks thereon,and oil-cups on said frame below said distributing-pipes, said partsbeing combined substantially as described.

2. A iubricator consisting of a frame, an oilsupply pipe connectedtherewith, distributing-pipes connected with a joint, rotatably mountedon the lower end of said supply-pipe, cocks on said distributing-pipes,and oil-cups on said frame below said cocks, a portion of said cockswhen said distributing-pipes are rotated being removed from over saidoil-cups, cups having theirlower ends extending below said partsbeingeombined substantially as dethe same, and a. Wiper-cup adapted tobe en- Io scribed. gaged by the Wipers, said parts being com- 3.Alubricatoi-consisting of a frame, asupbined substantially as described.5 ply-pipe, a, distributing-pipe connected With FERRIS S. LIVINGSTON.

said su ppl y-pi peand rotatably mounted within Witnesses;thefralneocksin said discharging-pipe, cups T. H. MUMFORD, on the framebelow said cocks, Wipers in said B. FRANK DAY.

